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August 11, 2015

ScienceDirect Newsletter | August – September 2015

Feature Story

Measure by measure – using citation metrics to assist benchmarking and goal setting

Journal metrics assist researchers and scholars in deciding where to submit articles for publication. And it takes a "basket of metrics" to get the varied and nuanced insights into the performance of a journal than is possible by using any one metric alone. Between 2013 and 2014, Elsevier saw 55% of our journals' impact factors increase ahead of the aggregate across other journals. In 2014, Elsevier journals occupied the top rank in 62 subject categories, up from 61 in 2013. Read more about Elsevier's 2014 annual citation metrics highlights and instructions for finding journal metrics on ScienceDirect.

A simplified way to download multiple PDFs

Downloading an article, and those recommended with it, from ScienceDirect just got easier. Plus, once your export is complete, you will be returned automatically to the original article you were reading.

What you should know about Search on ScienceDirect

If starting a new search leaves you feeling stressed, rest assured, you are not alone. The ScienceDirect team shares this desire for better searching with less worry. We recently improved the ScienceDirect search function to return results drawn directly from articles only. We've de-emphasized delivering search results drawn from references, leading you more directly to relevant articles.

A 3D image is worth 1,000+ words

Have you ever found yourself reading a paper only to read the same sentence or paragraph over and over, each time wondering, "What does this mean?" Learn how we're working with authors to enrich articles and book chapters on ScienceDirect with content innovations such as interactive data visualizations, multimedia files, contextual references, open data and more.

Librarian's Corner

Reduced workload ahead: why collaboration across vendors is a winning combination for librarians

If you use a library service provider to link to and integrate your ScienceDirect holdings reports with your library knowledge base, life just got easier for you. We're proud to add SFX® KnowledgeBase to our list of data partners. You experience less work in updating holdings reports and your patrons get more accurate and reliable links to full-text publications on ScienceDirect. Read more on our blog and visit our librarian information page about ScienceDirect's electronic holdings reports.